What is 'Pokemari' in Pokemon Conquest?

Question

I was in the kingdom of Chrysalia when that fat guy said something about Pokemari, and how he has set up his battlefield so we can enjoy it and battle, but really I didn't enjoy it.

Answer 1

Pokemari is a story you can do after you've recruited 40 warlords or more in your army.
>Japanese: まろとポケマリ I and Pokémari
Difficulty: ★★★☆☆
Unlock condition: Clear "Archenemies"
Description: The story of Yoshimoto's greatest invention, the ball game Pokémari, and his struggle to spread the joy he finds in it across Ransei.
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Comments

Ohh so Yoshimoto isn't a weirdo!

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lol i dont think so xD

Answer 2

"Pokemari" is something made up for Pokemon Conquest, but it has a historical basis, though obscure and ultimately not really important.

The Warlord of Chrysalia is Imagawa Yoshimoto, and the real-life Yoshimoto's son Ujizane was apparently a big fan of kemari. Kemari was a ball game where you used your limbs or a weapon or tool of some kind to bounce a ball around as long as possible, and it became really popular among the nobility in feudal Japan to the point of being considered a form of art. Yes, seriously, it was basically hacky sack but treated with respect and prestige.

So Yoshimoto's obsession with Pokemari is taking the real-life historical nobility's obsession with kemari, and pushing it to the most absurd extreme.